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Statistical Support Grant

Value: Up to $3,000 per project
The applicant’s research must pertain to the activities of one of the five departments and must be a member of one of these five departments. However, applicants may apply with co-investigators who are not members of one of the five departments as long as the applicant is actively involved in the research.

No application closing date or Review date

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An electronic original should be emailed to Sarah O’Connell: SOConnell2@adhb.govt.nz.
There is no need for a hard copy.

Prof Brian Anderson

Author: Prof Brian Anderson and co-authors
Description: Characterisation of the pharmacokinetics of routine prophylactic antibiotics in order to improve dosing regimens when given to children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
A pharmacokinetic framework describing antibiotic adsorption to cardiopulmonary bypass devices

Dr Anita Sumpter

Author: Conor J. O’Hanlon, Anita Sumpter Brian J. Anderson
Description: Milrinone dosing in paediatric cardiac intensive care
Time‑Varying Clearance in Milrinone Pharmacokinetics from Premature Neonates to Adolescents

Dr Jocelyne Benatar

Author: T. Yndigegn, B. Lindahl, K. Mars,…,J. Benatar
Description: Do beta-blockers improve outcomes after heart attacks – a feasibility study
Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction and Preserved Ejection Fraction
Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction and Preserved Ejection Fraction

Dr John Beca

Author: Luregn J. Schlapbach, Kristen S. Gibbons, et al.
Description: Nitric Oxide on cardio pulmonary bypass in congenital heart disease – A randomized controlled multi-center trial
ANZICS PSG-2022-Effect of Nitric Oxide via Car

Ryan Welch

Author: Ryan Welch, John Kolbe, Mandy Lardenoye and Kevin
Description: Exercise induced dyspnea caused by ventilatory limitation to exercise: A normal process for adolescents?
Novel application of Poincaré analysis to detect and quantify exercise oscillatory ventilation
Quantifying EFLT using a vector based analysis technique
Exercise induced bronchodilation

Eileen Gilder

Author: Eileen Gilder and co-authors
Description: Suction or Not to Suction, that is the question. Latest paper published: Avoidance of Routine Endotracheal Suction in Subjects Ventilated for # 12 Hours Following Elective Cardiac Surgery
Avoidance of routine endotracheal suction
Randomized controlled trial - avoidance of endotracheal suction
Endotracheal suction in intensive care
Patient's experiences of endotracheal tubes and suction following
Dr Eileen Gilder's Thesis

Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia

Author: Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia and co-authors
Description: Improving coronary stenting design and patient outcomes
Coronary artery bifurcation haemodynamics
Hemodynamics in Idealized Stented Coronary Arteries
Construction of a coronary artery atlas from CT angiography

Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith

Author: Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith and co-authors
Description: The change in QTc around puberty in long QT syndrome and adherence to beta-blocker therapy
β-Blocker Adherence in Familial Long QT Syndrome
Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Familial Long QT Syndrome

Dr Richard Douglas

Author: Kristi Biswas, Michael Hoggard, et al.
Description: Studies of chronic rhinosinusitis
The nasal microbiota in health and disease: variation within and between subjects

Dr Jonathan Skinner

Author: Ivone US Leong, Jonathan R Skinner et al.
Description: Targeted Next Generation Sequencing to identify the genetic causes of heritable cardiac disorders
Massively Parallel Sequencing in the Clinical Diagnostic Testing of Inherited Cardiac Conditions

Dr Margaret Wilsher

Author: Dr Simon GA Brown, Emma L Ball, et al.
Description: To determine whether conservative management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is an effective, safe and acceptable therapeutic option
Randomised controlled trial of invasive versus conservative management of PSP

Dr Kathleen Gilbert

Author: Dr Kathleen Gilbert and co-authors
Description: Left and right ventricular function in congenital heart disease
Rapid D-Affine Biventricular Cardiac Function with Polar Prediction
An interactive tool for rapid biventricular
IEEE Meeting Abstract

Dr Shay McGuinness

Author: Dr Shay McGuinness and co-authors
Description: Study of the control of oxygen levels during cardio- pulmonary bypass
Oxygen Therapy: When Is Too Much Too Much?
Controlled Phase IIb Trial of Avoidance of Hyperoxemia during CPB

Dr Margaret Wilsher

Author: Peter G Jones, Sinan Kamona, et al.
Description: High flow oxygen therapy in the emergency room
The HOT-ER Study

Dr Raymond Kim

Author: Dr Raymond Kim and co-authors

Description: Staphylococcus aureus in recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis

The characteristics of intramucosal bacteria in chronic rhinosinusitis
Perioperative care for functional endoscopic sinus surgery

Ms Rachael Parke

Author: Ms Rachael Parke and co-authors
Description: High flow nasal oxygen therapy after cardiac surgery
The HOT-AS study
Open-label, phase II study of routine high-flow nasal oxygen therapy

Ms Rachael Parke

Author: Ms Rachael Parke and co-authors
Description: Can nasal high flow therapy prevent respiratory complications following cardiac surgery?
Pressures Delivered By Nasal High Flow Oxygen
Oxygen therapy in non-intubated adult intensive care patients
RCT - Prophylactic nasal high flow oxygen after cardiac surgery
ATS Conference Abstract
ATS Conference Abstract

Dr Loretta Wigg

Author: L. T. Radford, M. J. Bolland et al.
Description: Cardiovascular effects of calcium supplementation
The Auckland calcium study: 5-year post-trial follow-up

Dr Jocelyne Benatar

Author: Dr Jocelyne Benatar and co-authors
Description: The effect of dietary intervention on ruminant TFA and CRP levels in NZ
Effects of change in dairy food consumption on cardio-metabolic risk factors
Effects of changing dairy intake on trans and saturated fatty acid levels

Dr Paul Sexton

Author: Paul Sexton, Patricia Metcalf, and John Kolbe
Description: Respiratory effects of insulin sensitisation with metformin: a prospective observational study
Respiratory Effects of Insulin Sensitisation: Metformin

Dr Nigel Wilson

Author: Bo Reményi, Nigel Wilson, et al.
Description: Maintenance of website for echocardiographic Rheumatic Heart Disease standardisation project
World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of RHD

Ms Jacqui Hannam

Author: Ms Jacqui Hannam and co-authors
Description: Modelling for Awareness Prediction and Simulation (the MAPS Studies)
Explaining the acetaminophen–ibuprofen analgesic interaction
Tears at breakfast

Prof Alan Merry

Author: Prof Alan Merry and co-authors
Description: Multimodal, clinical assessment of a system to reduce error during anaesthesia
Multimodal system designed to reduce errors
The VASER Study

Dr Richard Douglas

Author: Dr Richard Douglas and co-authors
Description: The role of bacterial and fungal biofilms on the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis
CRS-persistent respiratory virus infection
Bacterial microcolonies exist in sphenoid bone-CRS
Are biofilms associated with inflammatory response-CRS
Pathogenesis and treatment of CRS
Investigating the microbiology of chronic sinusitis

Dr Shay McGuinness

Author: Dr Shay McGuinness and co-authors
Description: A multiple blind randomized controlled trial of sodium bicarbonate in cardiac surgery patients at high-risk of acute kidney injury
Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion to Reduce Cardiac Surgery
Prophylactic Administration of Bicarbonate
Prophylactic Administration of Bicarbonate
ATS Conference Abstract